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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 13, 1995Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 8:26 AM CDT for Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 9:25 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Vilas County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5664 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 131326 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC125-131425-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
826 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 925 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...VILAS COUNTY
 
AT 825 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF IRONWOOD MICHIGAN TO 15 MILES WEST OF
PARK FALLS WISCONSIN.  THESE STORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE SEVERE STORMS WILL REACH LAC DE FLAMBEAU BY 840 AM AND ARBOR
VITAE AND BOLDER JUNCTION BY 850 AM CDT.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
 
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.  IF OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A RSTRONG BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.